Spanish Civil War finished on April 1st, 1939. During the
last months some regional championships were played, so
the Spanish Cup was organised with only 14 teams.
Note that some important regions didn't have football activity,
so they didn't have representatives in the Spanish Cup, such as
for instance Catalonia, Madrid or Valencia.
The name of the tournament changes to Copa del Generalísimo.
Qualified teams:
Champ. Vizcaya (2): Bilbao Athletic, Baracaldo Orimendi
Champ. Guipúzcoa (2): Alavés (Vitoria), Donostia (currently Real Sociedad)
Champ. Galicia (1): Racing Ferrol
Champ. Sur (Andalucía) (2): Sevilla, Real Betis (Sevilla)
Champ. Aragón (2): Aviación Nacional (Zaragoza), Zaragoza FC
Champ. Cantabria (2): Racing Santander, Unión Montañesa (Santander)
Champ. Navarra (1): Osasuna (Pamplona)
Champ. Baleares (1): Constancia (Inca)
Champ. Northern Africa (1): Ceuta Sport
An Asturian regional XI inscribed but didn't play.
Championships not played: Catalonia, Centro, Valencia, Asturias, Castilla-León,
Murcia, Extremadura and Canary Islands.
FIRST ROUND
May 14th and 21st
Racing Ferrol - Asturias XI withdrew
Unión Montañesa - Baracaldo Oriamendi 0-2, 1-5
Bilbao Athletic - Alavés (Vitoria) 1-2, 2-6
Osasuna (Pamplona) - Zaragoza 0-1, 1-3
Real Betis - Aviación Nacional 1-1, 0-4
Ceuta Sport - Sevilla 3-4, 1-2
Bye: Racing Santander and Donostia (San Sebastián)
QUARTER FINALS
May 28th and June 5th
Racing Ferrol-Donostia (S.Sebastián) 3-1, 0-0
Baracaldo Oriamendi - Zaragoza 2-1, 2-2
Aviación Nacional (Zgza.) - Sevilla 2-0, 1-4
Racing Santander - Alavés (Vitoria) 2-5, 1-2
SEMIFINALS
June 11th and 18th
Racing Ferrol - Baracaldo Oriamendi 1-1, 2-1
Sevilla - D. Alavés (Vitoria) 6-5, 1-1
FINAL
Barcelona (Montjuïc stadium), June 25th
SEVILLA FC - RACING FERROL 6-2
Goals: Campanal I(3), Pepillo (2), Raimundo; Silvosa (2)
Sevilla: Bueno, Cayuso, Villalonga, Torrontegui, Félix, Leoncito,
López, Pepillo, Campanal I, Raimundo, Berrocal
Racing Ferrol: Alberty, Caliche, Moreno,Bertolí, Silvosa, Basterrechea,
Lelé, Gallart, Barón, Edelmiro, Portugués
Note about Aviación Nacional:
This was a military team, composed by members of the Air Force (many of
them originally from the Canary Islands). At the end of the war, they
settled in Zaragoza, where they won the championship of Aragón.
Some military authorities had promised them a place in First Division.
Since they didn't actually have a right to it, they were merged with
Athletic Madrid, taking the name of Athletic Aviación (and they were
league champions in 1940). Since 1946 this merger club has been called
Atlético Madrid.
Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
Last
updated: 22 Mar 2001
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